WBO - World Boxing Organization

The WBO Mourns the passing of our first president Ramon Pina

Rest In Peace Ramon Pina, Attorney, writer, diplomat and the first President of the World Boxing Organization. Our condolences go out to his family and friends.

Mr. Pina dedicated many years to the sport of boxing, he created the rule book that is still used today for boxing in the Dominican Republic. He was a boxing commissionaire and supervised important championship fights such as the Thomas Hearns v Sugar Ray Leonard bout in 1989.

For those to wish to pay their respects, his body will be at the Blandino Funeral home, as of 12 noon today, February 8 and his funderal will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. in the cemetery of Avenue Maximo Gomez in Dominican Republic.